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[ndrwater]

Source water can definitely be the culprit. That and lack of sufficient beneficial bacteria.
I would start with an Ammonia test and go from there

 

[George Steinberger]

i like clean

 

[ndrwater]

Sometimes being "to clean" can be a bad thing.
Can you describe your cleaning regimen?

 

[George Steinberger]

Source water can definitely be the culprit. That and lack of sufficient beneficial bacteria.
I would start with an Ammonia test and go from there

less then 20ppg

 

[Bayareareefer18]

i like clean

Clean is good but an established tank should not have pure white rock. Pure white looks nice but the rock should color up as it matures. Looks like a 55 gallon tank maybe? Not a lot of rock there for biological filtration. Looks like you are running canister filters? Do you have bio media in those?

 

[ndrwater]

20 is NOT good... We shoot for zero.. 20 ppm ammonia says there is probably zero beneficial bacteria to break down the Ammonia

 

[George Steinberger]

Sometimes being "to clean" can be a bad thing.
Can you describe your cleaning regimen?

rinse off and sank with tooth brush just normal filters

 

[ndrwater]

Are you again using your well water to do the cleaning?

 

[George Steinberger]

Clean is good but an established tank should not have pure white rock. Pure white looks nice but the rock should color up as it matures. Looks like a 55 gallon tank maybe? Not a lot of rock there for biological filtration. Looks like you are running canister filters? Do you have bio media in those?

120 gl
and rocks got 8 months ago from store.

 

[George Steinberger]

Are you again using your well water to do the cleaning?

yes

 

[Bayareareefer18]

120 gl
and rocks got 8 months ago from store.

Minimal rockscape can work but you need somewhere else to make up for the lack of surface area for bacteria. Do you have bio media in your filters ?

 

[ndrwater]

What are "normal" filters? There are many types. The kind we need to be able to keep fish alive and thriving, are biological filters. This can be the Rick itself (without cleaning) and lots of flow, or, a canister filter or "hang on the back" type with biological media in it to help break down the Ammonia

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Throwing me off that rock is so clean after 8 months. Are you removing rock to clean it?

 

[George Steinberger]

Minimal rockscape can work but you need somewhere else to make up for the lack of surface area for bacteria. Do you have bio media in your filters ?

not yet.
every thing was good .
now i lost 8 fish and a spike.
over night

 

[George Steinberger]

What are "normal" filters? There are many types. The kind we need to be able to keep fish alive and thriving, are biological filters. This can be the Rick itself (without cleaning) and lots of flow, or, a canister filter or "hang on the back" type with biological media in it to help break down the Ammonia

overhang

 

[George Steinberger]

overhang

all test came out good

 

[ndrwater]

I would suggest giving this thread a good read..

Cycling an Aquarium

Cycling a new aquarium. One of the earliest topics a new aquarium hobbyist needs to learn is how to properly cycle their aquarium. There is a ton of information on this process and many different methods on how to accomplish it. There are many different chemical and biological cycles our tank...

www.reef2reef.com

Knowing how the basics of a tank work will help you from losing fish.

 

[George Steinberger]

i ran two testers
Chemical and strip

 

[Bayareareefer18]

not yet.
every thing was good .
now i lost 8 fish and a spike.
over night

Did you add 8 fish at once?

 

[George Steinberger]

Did you add 8 fish at once?

no lost 8 over night